Nathan simpson



N. SIMPSONQ BeaY Hive`Irv` Patented May 21. 1867.

N. PETERS. PHOTO @uiten etatre getrapt @fitta NATHAN SIMPSON, OF POMHROY, OHIO.

Leim Patent No. 65,020, dated May 21, 1867.

IMPROVEMENT 'IN BBB-HI'VBS. i

TO WHOM IT MAY' CONCERN y y Beit known that I, NATHANSIMP'SON, of Pomeroy, Meigs county, Ohio. have invented a new and improved, Entrance for and to a Bee-Hive; and I dfihereby declare that the following is a full and exact description, reference being had tothe accompanying drawings, and to .the letters of reference thereon.

The nature of my invention consists in providing any style of beehive with a bottom and top of any shape, Hat, convex, cone-shaped, or pyramidalfif flat, with a round aperture in the centre of each; if convex, coneshaped, or pyramidal, with a round aperture in the apex of each, around which apertures there is fixed-a row or series of rows of fine galvanized needles so close together as to prevent the smallest worm from thebeemoth to pass between them. Through this aperture, surrounded by this row or this series of rows .of needles passing from and fixed to the inner part of the hive, in the centre of the aperture surrounded by these rbws of needles, is a tongue of wood upon which the bee alights, and by -which she ascends or descends into the hive.

To enable others to understand my invention, and the theory upon which the'invention is based, I-will proceed to describe its operations. y

vThe bee-moth deposits her egg in the cracks, crevices, and joints of the hive, mainly from the outside, which, being hatched the heat'of the sun and the internal heat of the hive, crawls inside and takes up its habitation with and feasts im the honey stores ofthe bee. vThe bee, when he finds his territory invaded, makes war .upon the aggressor, and drags him from his cocoon and expels him .from the hive. Now, if this ouster wasv sutlicient to rid the hive.v of this worm, and it only required one expulsion for each worin, the bee would soon clear her habitation of the intruders, and the moth would be no formidable enemy to the bee. But as soonas the worm is cast out, he crawls up and re-enters the hive and renews his ravages, and thishe willrepeat again and again until thebee becomes Vdiscouraged in her efforts to rid her premises, and surrenders at discretion. Now, this wormflike the fly, can walk upon the ceiling, though itl be of glass, and can-go wherevrthe bee can, except upon the wing, and hence when expelled by the bee can re-enter any hive that has yet beeninv-enjgedfof/`F which I have any knowledge; and to prevent this re-entrance by the worm this new entrance for the bee is invented. The worm, after being expelled bythe bee from this new hive, crawls up the supports thereof, whaty ever they maybe, and makes headway along the bottom until he comes to the entrance surrounded by the row or series ofxowsof needles, A. He cannotl pass between them,vand if he enters at all he mustpass down them ,and round, too, over Athe sharp point of a fine needle, which is impossible. Indeed, it is next to impossible for him to even crawl down to the point of a fine needle,the surface thereof being too limitedffor his clumsy feet, but if by good luck he should reach the points and make an effort to crawl over them, he is prickcd in the neck and precipitated to the ground, and thus baffled, and his re-entrance cut off forever.

What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is- Applying' and arranging, around 'the entrance to the bee-hive, needles, or other sharp-pointed pieces `o metal, substantially as set forth, and for the purpose stated in the foregoing specification.

' NATHAN SIMPSON. Witnesses: i

W. H. LASLEY, P. B. STANBERY. 

